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Mon, Feb 25, 2013·Scotiabank Place, Ottawa

Montréal Canadiens 1, Ottawa Senators 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 86% of the time.

OTT winsMTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
MTL012118010051145
OTT0511008012224

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 6:49OTTDave DziurzynskiAssists: Chris Neil, Chris Phillips · Slap, 0.01 xG0–1
  2. P2 19:56MTLAndrei MarkovPPAssists: Raphael Diaz, Max Pacioretty · Slap, 0.04 xG1–1

Shootout

  1. 1. OTT Jakob Silfverberg scored
  2. 2. MTL Alex Galchenyuk stopped
  3. 3. OTT Daniel Alfredsson stopped
  4. 4. MTL David Desharnais scored
  5. 5. OTT Kyle Turris stopped
  6. 6. MTL Brendan Gallagher stopped
  7. 7. OTT Kaspars Daugavins stopped
  8. 8. MTL Brian Gionta stopped
  9. 9. OTT Peter Regin scored
  10. 10. MTL Tomas Plekanec stopped
Penalties (5)
  1. P2 4:24OTTMika Zibanejad: Too many men on the ice2 min
  2. P2 18:32OTTChris Neil: Roughing2 min · PPG
  3. P3 18:21OTTMarc Methot: Interference2 min
  4. P3 19:18MTLP.K. Subban: Tripping2 min
  5. OT 0:53OTTKyle Turris: Hooking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

MTL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0OTT
43% to win57% to win
← MTL attackOTT attack →
  1. P1 20:00Turris won the faceoff against Plekanec
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MTLOTT
45Shots on goal24
3.1Expected goals1.0
68Shot attempts42
36Faceoffs won30
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
28Hits34
9Blocked shots12
6Giveaways11
10Takeaways12

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestGionta – Plekanec – Prust12:49

    xG 1.09–0.16 (87%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Desharnais – Pacioretty – Gallagher12:18

    xG 0.64–0.09 (88%)attempts 19–7goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Eller – Galchenyuk10:45

    xG 0.39–0.11 (78%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

  4. Moen – Armstrong – White10:35

    xG 0.10–0.11 (48%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGorges – Diaz16:37

    xG 0.75–0.15 (83%)attempts 18–10goals 0–1

  2. Bouillon – Subban13:52

    xG 0.73–0.20 (79%)attempts 17–9goals 0–0

  3. Markov – Emelin19:49

    xG 0.45–0.30 (60%)attempts 13–13goals 0–0

Ottawa Senators

Forward lines

  1. Regin – Daugavins – Condra3:13

    xG 0.03–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Greening – O'Brien – Zibanejad2:53

    xG 0.02–0.05 (26%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  3. Greening – Condra – Zibanejad8:44

    xG 0.07–0.25 (22%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  4. Alfredsson – Turris – Silfverberg11:57

    xG 0.19–0.40 (32%)attempts 8–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Gonchar – Wiercioch16:31

    xG 0.29–0.64 (31%)attempts 14–13goals 0–0

  2. Methot – Gryba19:59

    xG 0.31–0.83 (27%)attempts 11–17goals 0–0

  3. Phillips – Benoit14:58

    xG 0.12–0.77 (14%)attempts 8–20goals 1–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

OTT 1.0 xGMTL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

OTTMTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

OTT's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line OTT is favoured, below it MTL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 35/100 · #501 of 720 this seasonSwing 1.22 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 50% (winner's lowest chance)
MTL 100%5050%50OTT 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +29 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 86% of the time.

OTT winsMTL wins

Simulated goal difference (OTT − MTL), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).